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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Knight's final letter to Finkel, he took which action for the first and only time?

2. What is Christopher Knight's middle name?

3. What rank did Terry Hughes hold in his job as a law enforcement officer at the time he apprehended the hermit?

4. Knight was charged with which two crimes shortly after his arrest?

5. How many songs were composed in honor of the North Pond hermit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of conflicts are presented within the first few chapters of the book?

2. What do books symbolize within the narrative of The Stranger in the Woods?

3. How did Knight manage to avoid his campsite being discovered, even though he was located only a three-minute walk from the closest cabin?

4. What is the geographical setting of the text?

5. How does Finkel go about portraying Sergeant Terry Hughes in a sympathetic light and for what purpose does he take this action?

6. In what way does Knight often mix comedy and tragedy within his spoken and written comments presented by Finkel?

7. On what evidence was Trooper Vance basing her conclusion about Knight when she said, "No way did this guy emerge from the woods" (14)?

8. How does Knight feel about the methods he used to survive 27 years in the woods of Central Maine?

9. What two images does Finkel include prior to Chapter 1 of The Stranger in the Woods and why?

10. Describe Knight's sole encounter with another human during his time living in the forest, according to Finkel in Chapter 5.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Finkel use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.

Essay Topic 2

Perform a biographical criticism of The Stranger in the Woods by researching Finkel's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your research of Finkel.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze Finkel’s messages regarding the influence that natural selection and other evolutionary processes have on human behavior, as depicted in The Stranger in the Woods.

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